UNPUBLISHED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 97-7031

CHARLES ROBIN WOODS,

Petitioner - Appellant,
versus
EUGENE M. NUTH; ATTORNEY GENERAL OF THE STATE
OF MARYLAND,
Respondents - Appellees.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of
Maryland, at Baltimore. Catherine C. Blake, District Judge. (CA95-3089-CCB)
Submitted:

September 25, 1997

Decided:

October 10, 1997

Before LUTTIG, MICHAEL, and MOTZ, Circuit Judges.

Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.
Charles Robin Woods, Appellant Pro Se. Tarra R. DeShields-Minnis,
OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES ATTORNEY, Baltimore, Maryland; John
Joseph Curran, Jr., Attorney General, Ann Norman Bosse, OFFICE OF
THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF MARYLAND, Baltimore, Maryland, for
Appellees.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
See Local Rule 36(c).

PER CURIAM:
Appellant seeks to appeal the district court's order denying
relief on his petition filed under 28 U.S.C. 2254 (1994) (current
version at 28 U.S.C.A. 2254 (West 1994 & Supp. 1997)). We have
reviewed the record and the district court's opinion and find no
reversible error. Accordingly, we deny a certificate of probable
cause to appeal and dismiss the appeal on the reasoning of the
district court. Woods v. Nuth, No. CA-95-3089-CCB (D. Md. July 11,
1997). See Lindh v. Murphy, 521 U.S. ___, 1997 WL 338568 (U.S. June
23, 1997) (No. 96-6298). We dispense with oral argument because the
facts and legal contentions are adequately presented in the materials before the court and argument would not aid the decisional
process.

DISMISSED